Studies:
UNEP devotes great attention to the strengthening and promotion of environmental law by undertaking legal studies on different areas identified in the Montevideo Programme III and in subsequent Governing Council decisions.

Websites:
UNEP provides information on all its activities through its website. The comprehensive website on UNEP’s environmental law programme is intended to be an instrument for conveying not only information about UNEP’s activities, but also to work as a resource tool for all those interested in environmental law world-wide. UNEP has also contributed to the development of regional environmental law databases and information networks, including the webpages of its Regional Offices.

ECOLEX:
ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. Its purpose is to build capacity world-wide by providing the most comprehensive global environmental law information resource possible.

Publications:
UNEP produces and disseminates environmental law publications on different topics of relevance at global, regional, and national levels. UNEP has published several environmental law works using legal data and information at its disposal, and has distributed these publications to Governments and other relevant users. These publications include in part, books, bulletins, periodicals, and collections of official documents. These works are very important instruments for capacity building, and for this reason are circulated to developing countries to enhance understanding and public awareness in environmental law. Several publications have been produced within specific projects, such as reference material for and reports on training programmes and other meetings, as well as articles and contributions to law reviews and other periodicals.

LIFE (Law Is For Everyone):
The LIFE project was conceived in concert with the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) during the 6th Global Training Programme on Environmental Policy and Law (GTP6). During the programme it became clear, while working with the participants, that many universities, institutions and governmental departments did not have access to basic legal resource materials. The need for any texts that could be used as guides, precedents and comparisons was confirmed by UNEP who asked whether there was a way old books could be sent from developed countries to developing countries to assist in legal training. After a February 2004 press release was issued by ELF, donations of close to 2,000 legal works were received. With the subsequent support of DHL in April of 2004, the first consignment was successfully forwarded to the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania.